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Decisive moments in Polish history retold with 1.5 million blocks of Lego

Taking HistoryLand’s Marcin Tobolski, Krzysztof Tobolski and Marcin Pietrucha seven years to complete, the models were constructed on a 1:50 scale with the trio working in close cooperation with historians to ensure accuracy. HistoryLand/Facebook

Taking Marcin Tobolski, Krzysztof Tobolski and Marcin Pietrucha seven years to complete, the models were constructed on a 1:50 scale with the trio working in close cooperation with historians to ensure accuracy.

LEGO fans spend over 400 hours recreating iconic artworks with more than 150K blocks

Using 158,000 pieces of the coloured building bricks, 21 ‘LEGO Ambassadors’ from across Poland spent over 400 hours painstakingly recreating the masterpieces on a 1:1 scale which include Jan Matejko’s iconic Stańczyk.

Academic creates Stanisław Lem Lego set to teach youngsters about author’s works

Dr. Piotr Przytuła, a researcher at the Department of Polish Literature at the University of Warmia and Mazury, decided to create the sets to help younger people learn about the author.

Lego makeover: old figures get transformed into celebrities

Unusual Lego project wins international orders for Warsaw art student.

Blockbuster! Lego Notre Dame smashes world record

Measuring 2.73 metres in height, 3.7 metres in length and 142 centimetres in width, the blockbusting marvel weighs 250kg and took over 400,000 Lego bricks and 500 hours to build.

Lego fans go wild for Tokarczuk and create their own models of her

​​​​Calling themselves AFOL’s (Adult Fans of Lego) the men have each come up with their own take on the Flights writer to celebrate her historic award.​​​​

Uni doc recreates wardrobe from magical world of Narnia with 2,000 blocks of Lego

Built from brown Lego blocks, with an ornate front, the wardrobe is 28.8 cm wide, 30.5 cm high and 5.2 cm deep. Dr Paweł Koniak says that he modelled it on the illustrations in “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” and on the elaborate wooden Gdańsk wardrobes built in the 16th to 18th Centuries.

Zbigniew Libera – the man behind the infamous Lego death camp

Although probably best-known for his Lego model concentration camps, Zbigniew Libera is one of the leading exponents of Poland’s critical art movement of the 1990’s.

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